The Three Roosevelts: Patrician Leaders Who Transformed America
James MacGregor Burns
eBook
(Grove Press, Dec. 1, 2007)
An âimmensely interestingâ account of how Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor led the United States through some of its most turbulent decades (David McCullough). The Three Roosevelts is the extraordinary political biography of the intertwining lives of Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt, who emerged from the closed society of New Yorkâs Knickerbocker elite to become the most prominent American political family of the twentieth century. As Pulitzer Prizeâ and National Book Awardâwinning author James MacGregor Burns and acclaimed historian Susan Dunn follow the evolution of the Roosevelt political philosophy, they illuminate how Theodoreâs example of dynamic leadership would later inspire the careers of his distant cousin Franklin and his niece Eleanor, who together forged a progressive political legacy that reverberated throughout the world. Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt led America through some of the most turbulent times in its history. The Three Roosevelts takes readers on an exhilarating voyage through these tumultuous decades of our nationâs past, and these momentous events are seen through the Rooseveltsâ eyes, their actions, and their passions. Insightful and authoritative, this is a fascinating portrait of three of Americaâs greatest leaders, whose legacy is as controversial today as their vigorous brand of forward-looking politics was in their own lifetimes. âA remarkable example of narrative and biographical history at its best.â âPittsburgh Post-Gazette âA detailed study . . . Written with impeccable scholarship.â âHouston Chronicle âShow[s] how TR set FDR off on reform, and how Eleanor pushed Franklin, and how FDR used Eleanor as his legs . . . and as his conscience.â âThe Boston Globe